Ive, never gotten a definative answer on what could be causing this noise im having from my iMac. Basically, about 4 years ago my family bought 3 imacs at the same time and mine just happened to be twice as loud as everyones. Now 4 years later (even tho i have switched to the dark side "pc") i keep the iMac and use it for video editing and multimedia production. Well when i press start it sounds like a Boing 747 starting up and you would not belive how bad it is (afraid its gonna get the neibors upset)...... Basically i have come to the conclusion that there is a balance problem with my hardrive? Whatever the case my iMac hasnt missed a beat and still runs strong.... I guess im gonna install some Dynamat sound absorbsion or something in it geeesssshhh!

yes definatly comes and goes with the hd kicking in. it is best described as a whirrr, whistle, then a bad vibration sound.... been doing it for 2 years this bad and it still goes strong. Being an automotive machinist, ANYTHING outta balance enought to make noise wipes itself out pretty fast. Theres gotta be a good bearing system in the mac hardrives :P

Sam you should have claimed that on your waranty as soon as you heard something! Now its a bit late. Go to ebay, and buy yourself a hard drive to replace that one, same size, for as little as 30 bucks. They have got to be really cheap now. Or better yet, upgrade to a larger one and start using your imac more! Let us know howit goes.

No, do not go to eBay and buy a "used" HD ... just buckle down and buy a new drive so as to obtain warranty and support. Drives are cheap so, don't buy someone else's problem. Save yourself the aggravation.

I agree with the new drive, it just seems that if someone is putting up with an old imac thats making strange noises and has been for a while that the last thing they are going to do is go out an buy a new drive. But you are right MacDaddy that would be the "smart" thing to do.

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